Kinnaird

English

Alternative forms

• Kinard

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head”) + aird (“summit, peak”).

Proper noun

Kinnaird (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnairds)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A hamlet near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9559).
3. A village and castle in eastern Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO2428).
4. A neighbourhood of Castlegar, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kinnaird is the 19441^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1390 individuals. Kinnaird is most common among White (91.94%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kinnaird”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308.